Manager, PCBA Aerospace Manufacturing Test Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its
mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities
around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility,
and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households
to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and
regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent
resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.
as a refugee or granted asylum.

As PCBA Aerospace Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager, you will be
responsible for deployment, qualification, continuous improvement of test
systems, processes, and procedures at CM (Contract Manufacturing) sites for
Satellite PCBAs. You will be a key member of PCBA Manufacturing team and will be
the main interface between Amazon Leo internal test development teams and our
manufacturing partners. You will ensure successful test deployment by working
with your team to document procedures, train CM personnel, and providing ongoing
support. You will have extensive debugging experience with the ability to dive
deep, determine the root-cause of a test failures, and train others to do the
same.

A day in the life
Come solve the difficult and rewarding engineering challenges in developing a
highly reliable, power efficient, high performance, low-cost satellite system.
As a Sr. PCBA Aerospace Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager, you have the
ability to dive deep on the details to identify, understand and solve difficult
technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to prioritize issues
for the whole program. You thrive in a hands-on environment and will spend time
in the office, on the factory floor at manufacturing partners, and in the lab to
execute the Amazon Leo's mission.

About the team
The PCBA Aerospace Manufacturing Test Engineering team delivers and deploys test
systems to our CM's for all Amazon Leo satellite PCBAs. This is an inclusive,
inter-disciplinary team that is committed to performance, quality, & reliability. Your breadth of exposure will be immense as you collaborate with
other core groups, helping to guide the test systems from design to production
and operation.

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our
culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching
40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit
offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of
inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team
members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Requirements

• 7+ years of new hardware products development experience
• 7+ years of engineering team management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Experience in engineering team management
• Experience in new hardware product development
• Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing)
• Experience with the project management of technical projects

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Power Engineering, or a related field
• Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies
• Experience developing products for large volume production
• Experience managing teams of 8+ engineers

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies, implement and optimize test setup/processes at Contract Manufacturing sites including identification, specification, design and qualification of test fixtures, test equipment, and maintenance programs.
• Work with the R&D and Test Development teams to continuously improve test systems, software, fixtures, and procedures to improve test effectiveness and throughput.
• Analyze data to identify failure trends and provide recommendations PCBA, process, and test system improvement.
• Develop procedures and documentation for use by test operators.
• Train operators on test processes and support recurring certification programs.
• Perform PCBA debug and root-cause failure analysis at Contract Manufacturing sites. Create runbooks and provide training for technicians to perform PCBA debug.
• Provide feedback to the Test Development team on test coverage, fault isolation capability, PCBA failure trends, and DFT (Design for Test) recommendations.
• Work with your team to accomplish short-term objectives and implement strategic initiatives.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager